German Visa Photo Requirements

[nagmad]

Hi

I am planning to apply for German Business Visa. I noticed that they have strict photo requirements.

I check with a few photo studios near my place ( SF Bay Area) and all of them seem to provide the standard 5 cm X 5cm passport photos- instead of the required 3.5 cm X 4.5 cm.

1) Does the SFO German Consulate have any photographer who can take pictures and give us the photos?
2) Alternatively, any photo studio near the Consulate or in Santa Clara county who are familiar with the Germany visa photo requirements?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Rgds

[knowledgeable]

You can print your own photo at home/work

3.5 cm = 35 mm or 1.37 inches. They accept 1.4 inch x 1.4 inch pictures as they know this is the best we can do easily in the U.S.
======Read Below from one of my other posts in ImmiHelp===========
You can change the background in Adobe Photoshop and then use MS Word to print the photos on photo-paper with the correct dimensions.

MS Word allows you to re-size the photos properly as required.

If you want to make it easier for you, invest in a software from:

http://www.onthegosoft.com

This s/w has the dimensions for USA, UK, European Union and Brazil.

Also, it has the option to add dimensions for other nations.

Hope this helps.

Good luck.

[nagmad]

hi knowledgeable

thanks for the info. are you aware of any studio/ photo shop that does the EU photos? I dont have th reqd set up and given the holiday shut down - cant go to office as well

[knowledgeable]

Ritz Camera

Ritz Camera stores in my region do give you photos of different sizes as requested. They're usually in larger malls.

I am not sure of your area, sorry.

I have heard that you can get your digital pictures printed at Walmart, Walgreens, CVS etc. but am not sure whether they will allow you to re-size to your specifications.

Am sorry couldn't be more helpful.

Good luck to you.
PS: Don't mention EU photos, just give them the exact specifications of size and background.

[nagmad]

Hi Knowledgeable

Found a good place in Chinatown SF - Kee Photo, 767 Sacramento St.

Very helpful. He sort of did what you said - took my photo, loaded into mac photo shop- set to the required size and printed it.

Rgds

[knowledgeable]

Great

Good for you. I am sure Chinatown guy would be cheaper too.

Enjoy your European vacation.

Take care.